eye witness news investigates with mike helgren. >> reporter: video captured inside flight 2294 shows the hole that opened at 34,000 feet. it's now the center of a federal investigation. people on that plane were so frightened, they drove six hours from west virginia where it made an emergency landing. these are pictures they took on board. >> it was an experience that, you know, you think about what you would do but you really never know until you're in the situation. >> this is not the first time this model boeing 737 has come under scrutiny for cracking. >> it is not just southwest. this particular issue with these airplanes with the cracking is known in the industry. >> the former inspector general with the u.s. department of transportation tells wjz action must be taken. >> some of the aging aircrafts protocols that cover these inspections did not cover this particular part of the airplane which is ridiculous. >> in 1988, the roof ripped off at aloha airlines plane pulling a flight attendant to her death and just last year southwest found cracks in half a dozen of its 737 and was

mike helgren is at the scene of the shooting. mike? >> reporter: the prayer vigil is just getting under way here. so many prayers going out across this community, across this city for this little girl who is just clinging to life. now, the 17 year old suspect is staying in jail for now. >> lemont davis faced a judge this afternoon who ordered the 17 year old held without bail for shooting a 5 year old in the head last thursday in the 300 block of south pull ascii street. court records obtained by wjz, police say witnesses picked davis out of a photo line up and they say they was fighting with another teen, grabbed a semiautomatic handgun and started firing and little raven was hit seconds later. >> we need to speak out strongly about what has happened in our community and say enough is enough. time for us to turn it around. >> the baltimore sun reports davis was placed on home monitoring one day before the shooting. the sun says davis was charged as a juvenile with robbery and in a rare move, a juvenile master allowed him to go to his

at bwi marshall airport, mike helgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> in march, southwest and the faa reached an agreement, where the airline paid a $7 million fine for failing to inspect more than 60,000 flights with cracks in the fuselage. >>> city police have locate the the body of a d.c. councilman's aide. more on desi dushane's body. >> the body was identified as the councilman's aide. it is two boat slips down from where he was reported missing monday morning. they say there is no sign. foul play. they are calling his drowning, and i quote, an unfortunate incident. >> over here on the weekend, enjoying the harbor. >> he was with a bunch of friends. they were boating, hanging out at the inner harbor. and he was last seen sunday at 10:30. >> he served as press secretary. they paused for a moment of silence to remember him in this morning's meeting. sally? >>> today, baltimore city police urged people to be careful along the inner harbor waterfronts. >>> the survivor from the d.c. metro crash testified along safety experts. nine people were killed in the june 22nd crash. ntsb's system fail

. >>> i'm mike helgrep at -- helgren at baltimore's city hall.ains the memo, asking for a 5% budget cut across the board. complete coverage, straight ahead. >>> and scattered showers, take over parts of maryland. we have complete first warning weather coverage, with live doppler radar. check in for these stories and all the day's breaking news. "eyewitness news at 5:00" starts now. >>> under arrest. a convicted murderer is now charged with the killing of former ravens quarterback steve mcnair. >> tonight, how he's connected to steve mcnair's girlfriend, in the high-profile murder- suicide. >> i'm sally thorner. >> and i'm kai jackson. >> just two weeks ago, the murder of steve mcnair by his girlfriend rocked the country. and tonight, investigators announced the first arrest in the case. kelly mcpherson is here to explain the man who sold his girlfriend the handgun is now behind bars. >> reporter: the gun was previously owned by this convicted murder. and that means he sold the gun to mcnair's mistress, just two days before the shooting. >> report